George Wickes: Royal Goldsmith, 1698-1761
by Barr, Elaine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0847803260
- ISBN 13
- 9780847803262
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Rizzoli, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.9x7.8x1.0in. light foxing to top edge of text block, dust jacket lightly worn at extremities. Dust jacket in clear protector.
George Wickes is in the first ranks of London's eighteenth-century master silversmiths, and, in fact, the firm he founded still holds the appointment to Britain's Royal Family. His work combined the traditional formality of English Silver with the more daring ideas imported from France by the Huguenots. The discovery in 1952 of a virtually complete set of ledgers and account books for Wickes's firm has allowed the author to give us a vivid and detailed picture of his life, craft and business of George Wickes himself and to identify surviving pieces of the magnificent silver he created. Illustrated with 127 monochrome plates.
210pp 2.11lb 9.9x7.8x1.0in
George Wickes is in the first ranks of London's eighteenth-century master silversmiths, and, in fact, the firm he founded still holds the appointment to Britain's Royal Family. His work combined the traditional formality of English Silver with the more daring ideas imported from France by the Huguenots. The discovery in 1952 of a virtually complete set of ledgers and account books for Wickes's firm has allowed the author to give us a vivid and detailed picture of his life, craft and business of George Wickes himself and to identify surviving pieces of the magnificent silver he created. Illustrated with 127 monochrome plates.
210pp 2.11lb 9.9x7.8x1.0in
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- Bookseller
- Newbury Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22025
- Title
- George Wickes: Royal Goldsmith, 1698-1761
- Author
- Barr, Elaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0847803260
- ISBN 13
- 9780847803262
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 210
- Size
- 9.9x7.8x1.0in
- Keywords
- Gold
- Bookseller catalogs
- Silver/Gold;
- X weight
- 2.11 lbs
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